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Default Just gutted a microwave oven

On 25 Dec 2006 05:56:09 GMT, jasen wrote:

On 2006-12-24, Father Haskell wrote:

jasen wrote:
On 2006-12-23, Father Haskell wrote:
What goodies do I have?

A large and potentially deadly transformer,


Heavy chunk of steel, should have a decent VA rating. What's
the output?


about 2500V (guess) 500ma, more into a short.


I think you are wrong about the current rating... I'd guess more like
100 ma--remember it is intermittant service so they push it to the
limit (the heck with heat!)

But as to 'into a short'... Hey, let's try that! bg